# Generic PII Anonymization

PII stands for Personal Identifiable Information. The defining aspect of PII data is that **you do not want the real values in your dataset to leak**. Typically, PII has a higher-level, semantic meaning and it may be possible to create other new values completely from scratch if you know the meaning.

![For example, names, phone numbers or addresses are all sensitive data that you do not want to leak.](/files/823i3eUClD2lly3Jl5pD)

{% hint style="warning" %}
PII columns are not automatically detected. Please verify your data and manually set any sensitive columns to PII.
{% endhint %}

## Browse PII Transformers

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/9QnYHT40028wrumuonUY"><strong>AnonymizedFaker</strong></a></td><td>Create fake, anonymized values without looking at the real data.</td><td><a href="/pages/9QnYHT40028wrumuonUY">/pages/9QnYHT40028wrumuonUY</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/X47LsfVKMnn1N04sDFDx"><strong>PseudoAnonymizedFaker</strong></a></td><td>Create and use a reversible mapping between real data, and fake values.</td><td><a href="/pages/X47LsfVKMnn1N04sDFDx">/pages/X47LsfVKMnn1N04sDFDx</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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